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Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil

This book examines issues related to reducing inequality in Brazil. As the volume's editors assert with authority, the current national political climate in Brazil provides an unprecedented space for discussing this topic. Among the several in...

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Main Authors:	Gacitúa Marió, Estanislao, Woolcock, Michael
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ADDICTION ADULT ROLE MODELS AGED APARTMENTS CAPITAL FORMATION CLINICS COMMUNITIES CPI CRIME DAY CARE DEMOGRAPHICS DISCRIMINATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRINKING WATER DRUG ADDICTION DWELLING EDUCATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FAMILY BACKGROUND FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL RESOURCES GENDER GENDER DISCRIMINATION GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH CARE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOMES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING AGENCIES ILLEGAL DRUGS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INFANTS INFLATION INFLATION RATES INFORMAL SECTOR INHABITANTS INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS ISOLATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LEGISLATION LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LONELINESS LOW INCOME MALE YOUTH MARIJUANA MEDICINES MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS MIGRATION MOBILITY MORTALITY MOTHERS NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBSTETRIC CARE OCCUPATIONS PARENTING PARENTS PEER PRESSURE PERSONAL SAFETY POLICY MAKERS POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POPULATION GROUPS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT TEENAGERS PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOL PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENCES ROLE IN SOCIETY SAFETY SAFETY NETS SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOLS SELF-ESTEEM SETTLEMENTS SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT SLUMS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL SERVICES STREET CHILDREN STREET LIFE STREET VENDORS TEENAGE MOTHERS TEENAGE PREGNANCY TEENAGERS TOWNS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT VANDALISM VIOLENCE VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES WIDOWS WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL ALIENATION POVERTY INCIDENCE URBAN COMMUNITIES QUANTITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION SPATIAL POVERTY TRAPS INCOME GROUPS MARGINALITY LABOR MARKET NEXUS ACCESSIBLE SERVICES SOCIAL SAFETY NETS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME DISTRIBUTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9008150/social-exclusion-mobility-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6340

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Summary:	This book examines issues related to reducing inequality in Brazil. As the volume's editors assert with authority, the current national political climate in Brazil provides an unprecedented space for discussing this topic. Among the several investigations that have looked at exclusion and social mobility in Brazil, very few have presented as much empirical evidence as the studies included in this volume. In addition to reviewing the pertinent literature, Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil examines the changing income dynamics among homogeneous groups over a 20-year period. The analysis points to factors-such as ethnicity, education, gender, occupation, and location-that affect the probability that a group will remain in the situation of poverty. The volume also examines Brazilians' perceptions of these circumstances and the cultural values that make coexistence possible given very high levels of inequality and low levels of mobility. It reveals that Brazilians expect the state-and only the state-to create mechanisms capable of transforming this situation. This volume presents a set of recommendations for discussion by citizens, academics, and policy makers. These topics include improving labor market equality and increasing access to assets; improving the social security system; supporting the formation of human capital, particularly among youth; reducing discrimination based on characteristics such as race and gender; and strengthening citizenship and participation.